Seminar Series: Research Strategies to Increase Vaccine Uptake
Strategies for Communicating with Vaccine-Hesitant Parents
Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH
Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Director, Colorado Children’s Outcomes Network
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2:00-3:00 pm
Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium
Smilow Center For Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
No registration required.
Attend in-person or virtually (Email pmcri@pennmedicine.upenn.edu for Zoom link)
Coffee and refreshments will be served.
Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH, is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases specialist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado. He practiced as a general pediatrician in Fort Collins, Colorado, for 8 years. Dr. O’Leary is the director of the Colorado Children’s Outcomes Network, Colorado’s pediatric practice-based research network. His research focuses on identifying barriers to vaccination and developing and testing interventions to address those barriers. He serves as the liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. He is also on the American Academy of Pediatrics’s Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book Committee). He serves as a co-chair of the Policy Committee for the Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition and co-chair of the Immunization Committee for the Colorado Chapter of the AAP. Dr. O’Leary received a BA in Environmental Studies from Brown University and graduated from University of Texas Houston Medical School. He completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital in Denver.
The Politicization of Science and its Implications for Vaccine Uptake: Politicians, Conservative Media, and the Far Right
Yotam Ophir, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University at Buffalo
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2:00-3:00 pm:
BRB II/III Auditorium
Biomedical Research Building
421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 1910
No registration required.
Attend in-person or virtually (Zoom link coming soon)
Coffee and refreshments will be served.
Yotam Ophir, PhD, studies political and science communication—specifically, media effects, persuasion, misinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism—using mixed-method approaches, including computational text mining, network analysis, experiments, and surveys. Dr. Ophir’s coauthored book, “Democracy amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, & Persuasion” was published in 2022 by Oxford University Press. His sole-authored book “Misinformation & Society” is expected to be published in 2025. Dr. Ophir is the head of the Media Effects, Misinformation, and Extremism lab at the University at Buffalo, a member of UB’s Center for Information Integrity, and a distinguished fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MA and BA from the University of Haifa, Israel and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.
2025 seminar dates coming soon!